Ultrastructure of autophagy in plant cells: A review

Autophagy

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1922-1936

  Van Doorn, Wouter G ^a   Papini, Alessio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Macroautophagy; Mega autophagy; Microautophagy; Plastidial autophagy; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHLOROPLAST; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MICROAUTOPHAGY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PLANT CELL; PLASTID; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

AUTOPHAGY; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MEGA-AUTOPHAGY; MICROAUTOPHAGY; PLASTIDIAL AUTOPHAGY; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; PLANT CELLS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEOLYSIS; VACUOLES;

EID: 84890808299     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.26275     Document Type: Review

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